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…supported by themselves as Mariachi el Bronx, Numbers Radio and Dr El Suavo
The audio of the gig
I was concerned about seeing the Bronx in the Hifi’s terraced room. At gigs there I always find myself perched on the edge of a step, balancing drinks when people push past. Given the Bronx’s ability to whip their audience into a leaping frenzy I foresaw carnage and broken legs; potentially mine. Read the rest of this entry »
Guitar solos are like burnouts and circle work in utes: something socially awkward men do to impress eachother and the very few women who take notice. They’re a big wank.
The guilty pleasures we all know are shit – you don’t defend them, just play them on your own, smile like a fool and dance around the house. The really bad CDs are the ones that seemed so desperately important once upon a time, those are ones we are happy to sledge in company until someone derides them a little too hard…
In 1986:
- Black Flag and the Dead Kennedys broke up, but on the bright side Dolly Parton finally opened Dollywood…
What makes a music purchase bad? Should you feel ashamed of the dodgy discs you bought as a teenie-bopper?
Metal is a rare point of convergence in music – where the alternative and underground music worlds nod approvingly at the same time as the suburbanest bevans of all.
I’m amazed by the success The Mars Volta have had. I just don’t get it. Read the rest of this entry »
Songs written by and for punters over the age of 30 tend to fall into the dead-end “adult contemporary” genre. The Hold Steady don’t. Read the rest of this entry »
“It was so sexual, so outrageous, it was so unallowed! To me that’s what rock & roll should always come down to – the un-allowed.” Leee Childers on seeing the Stooges at Ungano’s in 1970.
On Saturday night I got a message from Splendour in the Grass stating: “Birds of Tokyo: worst band ever.”
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